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BE Alumni Profiles: Ben Ellingson

Ben Ellingson '03
Post-Doctoral Fellow
Department of Radiology, Medical College of Wisconsin

 

Necessary education or experience:

Ph.D.
 

A description of your path to your current position:
Graduated MSOE in 2003 with B.S. In Biomedical Engineer, Graduated Marquette in 2005 with M.S. in Biomedical Engineering with a specialization in Bioelectronics/Instrumentation. Graduated in 2008 with a Ph.D. in Functional Imaging from Marquette University and the Medical College of Wisconsin. Currently working as a post-doctoral fellow in the Department of Radiology at the Medical College of Wisconsin in the Translational Brain Tumor Program.

 

On MSOE and Biomedical Engineering

 

Why did you choose MSOE's BE program?
It had a very rigorous curriculum

 

What did you like about MSOE?
It was close to downtown, the campus was small, and classes were small.

 

What did you like about the BE program?
Faculty experience. We were taught by faculty members and not graduate students. The rigorous curriculum was also what I was looking for.

 

A description of your path to your current position
Graduated MSOE in 2003 with B.S. in Biomedical Engineering, Graduated Marquette in 2005 with M.S. also in Biomedical Engineering and I’m currently going for my Ph.D. in Functional Imaging from Marquette and Medical College of Wisconsin.
For information about MSOE's B.S. in Biomedical Engineering program, contact interim program director Dr. Charles Tritt at (414) 277-7421.